The Hope and Angst of Family During the Holidays
Family. Holidays. Oh boy. For many of us, that particular combo is a tough one. Recently it occurred to me that the holidays typically bring a fresh full round of…
Mentoring and Recovery
Archives for Month: November 2016
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My Gratefuls List
Many many years ago, I had a mentee who made it a daily habit to create what she called her “gratefuls list.” It wasn’t just her sincerity of intention that…
Making Friends With Math
I know if I was a reader (which I am) and saw a post titled “Making Friends With Math” (in progress here) I would surely want to read it right…
How We Choose to Live
When I was struggling to recover from my eating disorder (and depression, and anxiety, and low self-esteem, and codependency) I was pretty preoccupied. I also thought I pretty much had…
How Do You Listen to Your Body?
Recently a dear friend asked me a question. She said, “Do you have any tips about how to listen to your body?” I thought this was a great question and began…
Why Do People Litter?
As I mentioned in a previous post, recently I moved to a new neighborhood. I’m still living in Houston, the city where I was born, so I am quite familiar…
An Epidemic of Walls
So it is the day before election day, and on my mind are…..walls. A few issues ago, Time magazine ran a brief article about walls, and all the different countries…
Why I Never Want to Go Back to Kindergarten (but I still want to learn)
I will never EVER forget my first day of kindergarten. Unfortunately, there are no words I can find to adequately describe the mind-numbing shock of opening that classroom door and…
Even Whales Can Be Superstitious
I love to go thrifting. But unlike certain famous television folks with the same hobby, I’m not out to find a real Monet on sale for $12 (mostly because I…